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I can't believe my article is here on HN.
by Not_Oles 4y ago
I can't believe my article is here on HN.
- geocrasher 4y agoCongrats! I did some writing on LEB a few years ago and it never made it to HN. So, well done :)
- Not_Oles 4y agoThanks! Best wishes!
- getcrunk 4y agoWhat is darkstar couldn't find a link
- spearo77 4y agoThe way I read the terminal prompts, its the name of his computer.
- Not_Oles 4y agoExactly!
- Not_Oles 4y agoDarkstar is a traditional name for computers running Slackware. Shameless plug: My gorgeous Darkstar is an antique server on which I sell traditional shell accounts from which one can make "metal" VPSes from the command line. Occasionally somebody who knows 10X or 100X or 1,000X more than I do comes along and becomes a customer. If you are interested, please check metalvps.com. Also, if you like Xv6, please check metalvps.com/Xv6.
- chasil 4y agoThe name originally comes from a song by The Greatful Dead. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AlWqitKLnfs https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AlWqitKLnfs These are the lyrics: Dark star crashes, pouring its light into ashes Reason tatters, the forces tear loose from the axis Searchlight casting for faults in the clouds of delusion Shall we go, you and I while we can Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds? - Mirror shatters in formless reflections of matter Glass hand dissolving in ice, petal flowers revolving Lady in velvet recedes in the nights of good-bye Shall we go, you and I while we can Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds?
- fwip 4y agoNext time try gzip -1, it's much faster.
- Not_Oles 4y agoYep! Thanks for the suggestion! Apparently -1 is the same as --fast. See comment below by geocrasher: "gzip --fast. Only 23% slower in speed, but 73% reduction"